Door.



N. DES ROSIERS.

DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1913.

Patented June 16, I914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P te ted June 16, 1914.

1 Application filed March 3, 1913. Serial No. 751,707.

7 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NARCISSE Dns Rosinns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the'county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

' This invention relates to vehicle doors and p more especially to those adapted for use in automobiles, the parts being so disposed that the doors are concealed when open.

One feature of the invention is such disposition of the parts that the doors are retained in their open or closed position by their own weight falling against the inside.

A furtherfeature of the invention is the disposition of the doors so that they may be opened without extending into the way of passing vehicles'or pedestrians. 1

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed.

out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of an automobile body equipped with doors that embody the invention; Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section through a panel of the body with the doors in closed position; Fig. 3 is a view in detail in section of a door and easing; Fig. 4 is a view'in detail of the door and hangers; Figs. 5 and 6 are views in detail of a door latch and handle; and Fig. 7 is a view, largely diagrammatic showing a modification of the invention.

As herein shown in preferred form the side of a vehicle body has a hollow panel with inner wall 1 and outer wall 2. A fore door 3 is held, when closed, in the front jamb or casing on a pair of hangers 5 and 6 whose upper end portions are pivoted to the door and whose lower end ortions are hinged or pivoted to an angle p ate 8 or the like that extends within the pocket between the walls 1 and 2- of the panel. A spring 9 extends fromthe upper corner of the door to a convenient point of attachment in the panel in such relation to the door that when the latter is closed the spring takes the position shown in Fig. 1 and when the door is 0 en the spring is substantially vertical. The forward hanger 5 is preferably bent so that when in detracted position as shown in dotted lines 10, it clears the corner of the casing or lies entirely within the'walls 1 and 2 of the pocket. A handle 11 at the forward upper corner of the door hasv a face plate with a recess indicated at 12 that engages with a suitable spring latch shown at 13 when the door is closed. A rear door 15 is disposed on a front hanger 16 and back hanger 17 in opposite relation to the panel so as to pass by the fore door 3 into the panel when opened. A spring 18 holds the door retracted.

The upper marginal portion or plate 19 of the panel i of such contour, in reference to theupper marginal ,portion of the doors 3 and 15, that it clears the latter when the doors describe the arcs incident to their connection with the links. Obviously the plate or rim 19 may be arranged to move out of the way while the door is being closed, and such construction is shown in Fig. 7 in which a section 20 of the plate is hinged to the body 21. thereof so as to lift out of the way 'of the door 22 if the upper marginal portion of the latter be of such shape as to require it.

As a result of this construction the weight of the door tends to hold the latter in either closed or open position while the spring imposes sufficient strain upon it to take up lost motionv and thereby prevent rattling. As the doors do not move out of the side of the body they cannot be struck by passing vehicles and when closed, do not tend to swing open if an occupant of the vehicle presses against them.

Obviously, changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not care to limit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

What I claim is .In a vehicle body, a hollow panel adjacent a door opening, a door movable in planes parallel to the panel through the open marginal portion thereof, a latch for engaging and holding the door when moved into the opening, a pair of hangers pivotally secured at the upper ends thereof to the upper portions of the inner side of said door and at the lower ends thereof to the vehicle body, and a spring secured to the upper por- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ti o1l1dof tlhe door alllld to the panel tdaltlpteld to in presence of two Witnesses.

y1e mg y resist t e movement 0 t e oor from retracted position, the points of at- NARCISSE DES ROSILRS 5 tachment of the hangers to the vehicle body Witnesses:

lying intermediate the positions of the door OTTO F. BARTHEL,

when extended and retracted. ANNA M. Donn. 

